With Peters news letter being very interesting reading I thought that I would post (pun) these marvelous stamps from Post New Zealand to commerate Matariki. This is also the festival that Simon, Craig, Lyndall and Debbie went to in Auckland last month. Check out the photos that [...]
At the Cervia Kite Festival in 2009, I was ceremonially presented me with a Tee shirt by Klaus from Luxemburg labeling me, not entirely unfairly, as the “Master of Disaster”; see accompanying photo. I wore it with pride at every kite event after that for more than a year [...]
We here at the Peter Lynn Factory in New Zealand, are always on the look out for new ideas and ways to improve your buggy experience, and the latest invention of our manger Craig Hansen is the prototype Carbon Composite down tube. We have an awesome crash test dummy [...]
This picture was taken in 1993 at Lake Clearwater in New Zealand. Peter is out on the ice with a Peel. These pictures below were taken just a few days ago at the same place. Peter and his son went out for R and R. He had this to [...]
This year Craig , Debbie Hansen , Lyndall Chisnall and myself (Simon) were offered the opportunity to fly kites and celebrate the Maori New Year in Auckland, New Zealand. It is celebrated when a small cluster of stars called Matariki are visable in the night sky just [...]
I’ve sent two new photos of me. I am buying the new reactor 2 kite, already in my bag 3.5 and 4.4, colour blue, white, gray. Reactor 1 size 2.2 and 2.9 and 3.8 and 4.9 and 6.4. My oldest son Rick 13 is also kitebugging the last few [...]
Simon, one of our designers was so pleased to have one of his designs on the front cover of the AKA Kite magazine.
Going Fast on a Kite Buggy. 28th March ’10. I’m in a 777 somewhere above the Pacific, heading for the Mojhave desert at 1100km/hr to go buggying for a week (NABX 20th anniversary celebration of the development of the modern kite buggy). Yes, 1100km/hr; because there’s a tailwind of [...]
Recently Pam Shanahan and I, (Simon Chisnall) attended the Gujarat kite festival from the 10th to the 14th of January 2010. I think it is well worth it for any kite flyer. The festival is to celebrate the Indian festival of Uttaraayan – the end of a [...]
I Blame the Chinese (At least it’s a change from blaming America). Specifically: at 105 Alford Forest Rd, Ashburton New Zealand between the hours of 12noon and 12.30pm on Wednesday the 15th of October 2008, Tan Xi Bo and Wang Xiaping did fail to prevent one blue ultra light [...]